Associate Engineer - Electrical (Cost Out)

Overview

Associate Electrical Engineer in Eaton's Direct Material Productivity (DMP) team, identifying, driving and executing cost-out projects for electrical products.

What you'll do

• Identify, drive and execute cost-out projects related to electrical products such as electrical wires, electronic systems, automotive products, EV and HEV battery systems, UPS, terminals and connectors.
• Collaborate with Global Procurement Organization, product line managers and product divisions to generate cost-out opportunities, VA projects and execute category strategies.
• Improve engineering data for electrical components or sub-assemblies associated with LV and MV products and contribute to data library development.
• Analyse spend data and ideate cost-out opportunities, including resourcing, negotiation and VAVE.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for project execution.
• Flexibly work across aspects of Direct Material Productivity to deliver significant cost-out opportunities and build a robust pipeline of executable projects.
• Analyse commodity spend data and leverage data analytics and ideation principles to create new project opportunities.
• Address supplier and internal customer queries and constraints, and provide solutions that contribute to process improvement, alternatives and cost-out benefits.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 1-3+ years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of electrical product design and manufacturing processes, and understanding of SCM tools.
• Experience with electrical components, wires, electronic systems, automotive products, EV, HEV battery systems, UPS, terminals and connectors, and awareness of supplier qualifications for technical aspects.
• Ability to apply electrical design basics and product concepts to new cost-out opportunities.
• Experience working with suppliers or supplier identification.
• Awareness of material concepts, part application and tools used for the relevant product base.
• Awareness of application standards IEC/UL for a variety of electrical products.
• Good interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Cost-out experience alongside the Electrical Engineering degree.
• Experience in product process, testing and validation activities.
• Preparation of technical compliance agreements with suppliers or customers.

Details

• Location: Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India.